Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17957, Darius Foot, Conn. New York

Conn.
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Scott, Darius
S. 17957
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17795 Connecticut
Marius Root
of Litchfield in the State of Conn was a Private in the Conn commanded Captain _____ of the Regt commanded Col Wittell in the Conn Troops for 2 years Conn. & New York
Enrolled on the Roll of Conn the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Sept 1833 and Rent G. 60 Woodruff Litchfield
Transfers to the 4th of Sept 1833 $ 24 00 Transant. allowance ending Mar 20 34 2 00
$ 24 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Root Clerk Book 10 Vol. 3 Page 14

beckeration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of Connecticut } ss Litchfield Nov m County of Litchfield } ssayer 1 st # 1832: —
On this 1 st day of November  January 1832 I, John the  the Court personally appeared before the Hon. Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield a State of Connecticut, David Root of Harwinton in said County of Litchfield in & in State aged 70 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 — that he entered the service of the United States under the following names and served as here in State That he is a native of said Har- winton that in July 1780 he was residing in Northbury so called now Plymouth in said Litchfield County a parish adjoining said Harwinton that in said month of July or in

in the fore part of Aug t of that year he joined a militia company commanded by Lt Thomas Francher (in which Eleakim Stor- dard was an Ensign) as a substitute for one John m Barker of said Northbury said company belonged to a Reg t com- manded by Col Richards (whose christian name is not recalled) and was raised (as is now believed) by drafting from said militia companies in the vicinity of said Northbury and that immediately after his joining said company he marched there with to New London in said State on a tour of duty for the period of three months. said company encamped at Winthrop's point so called near said place and did duty there some time after which we were marched a distance up the river Thames and were finally disembarked at Mohegan so called before the expiration of said period and after serving a little over two months - He can not state the time of his entering the service nor of his discharge with any more accuracy than as above detailed as he has no documentary evidence in his possession relating to the same

That in the fall of the year 1780 his mother then a widow moved to New Lebanon in the State of New York; that she accompanied the family to said place that in the spring of the year 1781, as early as the first  as he thinks, in the of April he again went into the service of the United States as a militia man & as a Substitute for a man of the name of Rex- ford, whose Christian name I believe was Samuel who resided in said New- Lebanon & who was drafted to join the army of the United States; and that said Foot immediately marched from said New Leb- anon in a Company commanded by Capt. Silas Gray to Saratoga in the State of New York on a tour of duty for the period of nine months ; that another Company of Militia was at Saratoga commanded by Capt. Dun- ham & these companies occupied the bar- racks in said Saratoga, that the troops were engaged in no conflicts with the pub- lic enemy but were employed in scouting traversing & guarding the Country, He believes there were some regular troops a part of the time not far from this Station of Militia but does not recollect the officers in com- mand — that towards the close of said period of service the Company was stationed a little further south than the Barracks

July, that he does not recollect to have received a written discharge when said Com- pany was discharged or at any rate he has no such paper which he can now produce, that there was an other Reg't of Troops at said New London while he was there whether Continental troops or Militia he can not tell, nor can he say who commanded said last mentioned Regiment - nor does he recollect the name of any Continental or regular officers that was  were with the troops at said New London but is in- clined to think that the officers & troops were principally if not wholly militia. That during the time he was at said New London he was not engaged in any skirmish battle or conflict with the public enemy - any His evidence of this tour of service may be found in the annexed Depositions of Jonah Barnes

near Schuylers Mills, so called at which place the Company were dismissed at the end of said term of service; that he served faithfully as a member of said Company through said period of nine months , but cannot state with any more certainty than above the commencement & termination of said service. His evidence of this term of service is only his own state- ment connected with the deposition of Abiah Hoskins, Ezekiel Catlin & Daniel S. Wilson hereto annexed.
That in the course of the summer of 1781 & while said last aforesaid Militia Company were lying at Saratoga, he in application of a recruiting officer enlisted into a Corps of troops raised by the State of New York for the term of three years , to commence & take effect from & after the expiration of said period of nine months, - in a regiment commanded by Col Ma- nassus Willett, that when said nine months had expired, he joined said Corps under Col Willett in a Company commanded by Capt Baker  he thinks at that time; he was in several a company which was commanded by several Captains at different times, the name of the Captain under whom he last served was Wervell , This Company lay at Ballston in said New York the fore part of the first winter, & in the month of Feb y 1782 he went home to said New Lebanon on a furlough for 12 or 14 days but while there was seized with the small pox & became quite lame so that he could not get back to the Regiment again till near three months had expired, that he then joined the

Corps again at Fort Plain on the Mohawk River, that he aided in building a Block house near said Fort, There was as he now supposes anoth- er regiment at said Fort but whether Continental or not he cannot say; that he remained with the Regiment of Col. Willett principally employed in the valley of the Mohawk until he was finally discharged at Schenectady in Decr 1783 or Jan y 7 1784. The Regiment was generally divided, & their business was to guard the country, that he was frequently at Fort Herkimer & marching up & down the River. That in the month of Feb y 1783 if he does not mistake the date, two Regiments as- sembled at Fort Herkimer of which Col. Willett's was one, to march against the Brit- ish post at Oswego, that he accompanied said Regiment, that Heights were used to trans- port the troops, that they went first to near Fort Stanwix & down Wood-creek to Oneida Lake, & after crossing the Lake, went down the river towards Oswego, but one of our men having deserted to the enemy the object of the expedition was defeated, & they returned to Fort Herkimer after suffering intensely from Hunger & Cold. That in the summer of 1783 he was with the troops in the valley of the Mohawk Chiefly at Fort Plain, & in the fall he was marched down to Schenectady, took possession of the Bar- racks & remained there till discharged as above stated, after having served at this time a little over two years . That he rec d a written discharge from the service, that it was signed as he supposes by Col. Willett, & that soon after the war, he went to Albany to obtain the arrear of wages then due him, & earned

his Discharge with him, but the Pay Master not being at home he could not obtain his pay & therefore he left his discharge with one Elisha Crane to act for him in that behalf but that he has not seen said Elisha nor said Discharge from that day to this, but that the amount due was afterwards paid him That however he did not receive all at that time but he had previously while at Fort Kirkimer disposed of or sold a part of his wages That immediately after his discharge he came to the State of Conn, & has resided in said Kearvinton principally from that time to the present, That Timothy Cutlin & Samuel Weston both natives of said Kearvinton were members of said Company Regiment, & were with him on the expedition to said Oswego & both knew that he served as he had above stated, They are both dead, & he knows of no survivor who can testify for use him To prove this service he however annexes a copy of his given by him while at Fort Kirkimer for a part of his wages, which copies he has obtained from the records of the State of New York & are all the evidence he could obtain from that source. These orders, or the last of them show that he served in Col McMillen's Regiment from June 1 st 1782 to June 1 st 1783; & that on the 29 th of March 1783 he was still at Fort Kirkimer as appears by the Date. And he for further proof annexes the Depositions of Uriah Hopkins Esq., Nehemiah Cutlin, & Daniel S. Wilson

That man rec d a written discharge from service except the one from Col Willett 2 , he has no documentary evidence except what is annexed He has annexed all the evidence in his pow- er, or of which he has any knowledge, to prove the services above stated
He was born in s d Newington Apr 10  1762  1762 There is a record of his age on the Town Records of s d Newington in the Office of the Town Clerk He is known to Capt Daniel S. Wilson, William H. Harnetty, Phinehas W. Noble Daniel Cook & Rev Geo. E. Pierce in his pre- sent neighborhood, & who can testify to his char- acter for veracity, & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every  all claim whatever to an annuity or pension except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Darius Foot
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid, before me.
Preble W. Wolcott Judge of Probate Litchfield District, Conn t

1892
Darius York
Connecticut
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Geo C Woodruff Sheffield Conn

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
J. H. Greene
1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Darius Foot Sitcheheld to Connecticut
   Date of enlistment. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Spring 1780 over 2 priv Lieut. Fancher Col. Richards New London 70 years Documentary   Sub. 1781 9 Capt. Gray Col. Mullett Connecticut Harwinton Evidence   Sub. 1781 his term Asst. Baker Col. Mullett Connecticut Canterbury St. Mtn. papers   1783 Over 2 years Newell Col. Willett New York Cat   Ballston Fort Plain   Fort Stanwix   Downfall Creek   Creek   Fort Plain   Schenectady  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
In the table above opposite "Enlist. 1781" is written "this term not stated". His service as a sub. Commissioner of Pensions. 1781 did not expire till near the close of that year, as soon as it did expire his enlistment for three years commenced & he was discharged the last of the year 1783 (or first of 1784) after serving 2 years. The service from the last of 1781 to the last of 1783 was one continued term of service under the same enlistment except the time he was absent on furlough & while sick, all of which appears from his discharge that it supposed, that, there were two distinct terms of service under different enlistments. G. C. Woodruff

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , in too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [f] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule to note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

1795-7 INVALID.
No. 1795-7
Darius Root
His Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Box: — Vol. 1 , Page 442
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Jonah Barnes of Harwinton in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being sixty nine years of age do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Darius Hall of said Harwinton and have been for a number of years and that I was with said Darius in the war of the Revolution in a tour of duty performed in the year 1780 - commencing in the month of June and that said Darius was hired as a substitute, and so served, for Jonathan Barker of Plymouth in said Litchfield county, and that said tour of duty was performed under the following officers. Lieut. Thomas Fancher of Plymouth commanding and Ensign Ephraim Haddad then of Watbury said Company was annexed to Col. Richards Regiment and Station at several different posts in the town of New London in this State - our Major was a Mr. Cone from Colchester in this State - and further this deponent saith not Harwinton August 3 d 1832 Jonah Barnes
Litchfield County to Harwinton August 3 d 1832 Personally appeared the above named Jonah Barnes to me personally known as a credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me Joel G. Candeel Justice of the Peace

Fort Harkemur March 28 th 1783.
Sr Be pleased to pay to Job Wright or his order the full amount of my pay as a Private Soldier in Colonel Willetts Regiment of State Troops and Levies from the first day of May 1782 to the first day of January 1783 and I do hereby assign to the said Job Wright the said pay due to me for the said time to receive the same of the United States or this State and pass his receipt for the same it being for Value Received by the subscriber as Witness my hand and Received by the subscriber as Witness my hand and date above —
Darius Foot
To the Paymaster of Colonel Willetts Regiment or any other Person who may be appointed to Liquidate those said Troops. Witness Present Jesse Nubbe
Re, A Certificate Amounting to fifteen Pounds Eighteen Shillings & 2 d on the within order.
Job Wright
Fort Harkemur March 29 th 1783.
Sr Be pleased to Pay unto Job Wright or his order the full amount of my pay as a Private Soldier in Colonel Willetts Regiment of State Troop and Levies from the first day of January 1782 to the first day of January 1783 and I do hereby assign to the said Job Wright the said pay due to me for the said time to receive the same of the United States or this State and pass his receipt for the same it being for Value Received by the subscriber as Witness my hand and date as above.
Darius Foot
To M at Abraham Ten Eyck Pay Master of Colonel Willetts Regiment or any other Person

authorised by the United States or this State to liquidate the pay of said Troops. Witness Present Jesse Hubble
Re. Albany October 17th. of Abraham Ten Eyck A certificate amounting to thirty two pounds on the within order. Edw. Cumpston
State of New York } Comptroller's Office } I certify that I have compared the preceding copies of papers on file in this Office with the original papers from which the copies have been taken and that they are correct transcripts from and of the whole of the said originals.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of my Office to be affixed this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Silas Wright Jr. Comptroller

I Uncl Hopkins of Hanneton in the County of Hitchfield being sixty one years of age and being one of the justices of the Peace for the County of Hitchfield do depose and say that soon after the close of the Revolutionary war I became acquainted with Barcus Foot up and Har- nenton who then resided in the family of my Uncle Joseph Hayden in said Har- nenton & I have been well acquainted with him from that time to the present, that the character of said Barcus has at all times been & now is good for integrity & truth that about the time I first became acquainted with said Barcus I remember to have heard it remarked by the People of said Hanneton that he, the said Barcus had just got home from the Army and from the time he came home it was well understood reputed & believed in said Hanneton that he had been engaged in the service of the U. S. as a soldier for the period of two or three years - and I consider it

my duty to state it explicitly that it is now and long has been most fully believed by all well informed persons in said Farmington that he the said Lewis did serve his country as above stated and that he is on that account a proper object for the remuneration of government. The reputation has been & is that he served in the state of New York in a corps or corps raised by authority of that State - & that when he returned from to Farmington at the close of the Revolutionary war it was understood that he came from service in that State - and I do further say that one Samuel Weston formally said Farmington now deceased had a number of times told me that said Lewis served with him in the state of New York in a corps raised by that State I think he said he was in the same company at any rate that he was in the same Regt and that he a Foot was enlisted for three years and was in service two or three of the last years of the war on the Mohawk River I have heard said Weston speak often of the corps to which he belonged being at Fort Stan- wix Fort Schuyler & other stations of the same corps the Mohawk and also of an expedition

in the winter towards the close of the war to attack a fort at Oswego, if the failure of that expedition & of the suffer- ings of the troops — I fully believe the representations of said Weston on these subjects — and further the deponent saith not —
Steeplefield August 2 nd 1832 — Uriah H. Hopkins
Steeplefield County ss Steeplefield Aug t 2 nd 1832 — Then personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Uriah H. Hopkins Esq (who is a highly credible witness) & made oath to the foregoing deposition in due form of law — Jerlo G. Gander Justice of Peace

I Herkhard Catlin of Harwinton in the county of Litchfield aged sixty nine years do here and say that immediately after the close of the war of the Revolution I became acquainted with Laurens Fort Thau and ever since of said Harwinton and I have ever since known him and that his character for integrity & truth is & ever has been good - that at the period above mentioned he returned to said Harwinton from abroad and it was then generally understood & believed in said town that he had just returned from the army and that he had been engaged as a soldier in the service of the U. S. in the State of N. Y. for the period of two or three years - that immediately after his return he joined the same Matthew Cushman that I served in and had been very thoroughly instructed as a soldier and understood his duties as such so well that I was fully convinced that he had long served in the army of the U. S. - Having myself

been in the army a number of years & thought myself a competent judge on that subject - and I do further say that my Brother Timothy Catlin a native of said Farmington but now deceased has told me that he and the said Leavins had been some time were engaged in the service of the U.S. in the State of N. York at the close of the war - I have heard my said Brother and said Leavins talk over circumstances attending the particulars of said service and particularly I have heard my Brother Leavins speak of an expedition in which they were ordered to attack the name of which I do not recollect some fort, that they marched thence the wilderness a great distance suffered much from hunger & cold & failed in the object contemplated. - These conver- sations were some of them soon after the war & others at sundry times since I have often heard said Timothy & said Leavins speak of the same subjects repeatedly & they have uniformly told the same story so that I have never had the least doubt as to the correctness of

their representations - I do further say that it is now universally believed in said Harrison that said barren and serve his country is diamed by him, and he is regarded as a very happy minister about of the bounty of the government & further this deponent saith not St. Joseph Aug 2 nd 1832 - Michael Catlin
St. Joseph County to St. Joseph Aug 2 nd 1832 - Then personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Michael Catlin the signor of the foregoing deposition (who is a credible witness) and made oath to the same in due form of law - Jacob G. Gaudel Justice of Peace

I have S. Wilson of Harrowton in the County of St. John, aged seventy five years as aforesaid say that I am well acquainted with David Rootes and Harrowton that I have known him from his youth to this time that at the close of the war of the Revolution he then and there returned to said Harrowton and was then generally believed to have come from the army of the U.S. that he joined the Malitia (one party to which I belonged) and that from his zeal in doing his duty as a soldier it was entirely apparent that he had long served in the army - Busy myself as a soldier I had not the least doubt - and often that subject - Soon after the war and the said David Rootes told me that he served in a corps raised in the State of N.Y. for the period of two or three years - these statements were made long before any pension law was passed and when he the said David Rootes had no interest in mis- representing the truth and I do further

say that the character of his and services for truth is good & that is now generally believed in said Harwinton was in fact without the least doubt - that he served his country as claimed by him and that he is fully entitled to an allowance of a pension under the act of Congress a further the deponent saith not - dated at Litchfield Aug t 2 nd 1832 - Daniel J. Wilson
Litchfield County ss. Litchfield Aug t 2 nd 1832 - Then personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Saul S. Wilson the signor of the foregoing depon- tion & who is a credible witness and made oath to the same in due form of law Joel G. Candece Justice of Peace

Darius Foot 18926

I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Paul G. Canfield Esq. before whom the preceding Affidavits of Darius Foot Jonah Barnes, Jeremiah Hopkins, Hezekiah Catlin, & Daniel S. Wells on oath to have been taken, was at the date & that he now is a Justice of the Peace for said County, & hath a right by law to administer Oaths &c. and that the preceding signatures to said Affidavits, which purport to be his, are genuine. Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County, this first day of August A. D. 1832.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk 15 th day of June A. D. 1833 Frederick Wolcott, Clerk
The name "Darius Foot" before was the fourth & fifth lines from the top interlined before signing F. Wolcott, Clerk

Personally appeared before me Joel G Candee a Justice of the Peace within, and for the County of Litchfield - Darius Foot who being first duly sworn deposeseth and saith - that on the 1 st day of November 1832 he made his application in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress - passed June 7 th 1832 before the Hon Court of Probate - within and for the District of Litchfield in said County - And that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory - he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection - he served not less than the periods mentioned below - and in the following grades viz
During the first term of service mentioned in said Declaration - I served as a private for the full period of two Months at least - at and near New London Conn
During the second term of service mentioned in said Declaration - I served as a private for the full period of Nine Months at and near Saratoga New York
During the third term of service mentioned in said Declaration - I served as a private for the full period of two Years - Including the time I had the small Pox and while at home on furlough - And exclusive of that time for the full period of one Year and Nine Months at Ballstown - Fort Stanwix - Schenectady &c as stated in said Declaration -
And for such service I claim a Pension
Darius Foot
Sworn and subscribed this 13 th day of June 1833
Before me Joel G. Candee Justice of Peace
And I further certify that Darius Foot to whom I have administered the oath as above is a person to me well known and is entitled to credit -
Dated at Harninton this 13 th day of June A D 1833
Joel G. Candee Justice of Peace

We George E. Pierce a Clergyman residing in the town of H Harwinton, Litchfield County Conn. & Jacob G. Candee residing in s d town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Darius Foot of s d town who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion And that s d Foot's character for veracity is good.
George E. Pierce Jacob G. Candee
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me. Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate District of Litchfield, Conn. t.
And the said Court does hereby declare its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolu- tionary soldier & served as he states, And the Court further certifies, that it appears to it that George E. Pierce who has signed the preceding declaration, is a Clergyman, resident in s d Har- winton & that Jacob G. Candee Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident of s d Harwinton a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate District of Litchfield, Conn. t.

I Phinehas Miner Clerk of the Court of Probate for said District, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Darius Foot for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said office this 1 st day of November A. D. 1832
Phinehas Miner Clerk

Litchfield June 15 th 1883
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir I herewith return to your office Darius Foot's Application for a Pension. He has amended it by an Affidavit which is prefixed to the accompanying evidence.
With Respect Your Ob t Serv t
Geo. C. Woodruff